"I AM HE WHOM YOU CALL GILGAMESH...

"I am the pilgrim who has seen everything within the confines of the Land, and far beyond it; I am the man to whom all things were made known, the secret things, the truths of life and death, most especially those of death. I have coupled with Inanna in the bed of the Sacred Marriage; I have slain demons and spoken with gods; I am two parts god myself, and only one part mortal..."

"Using the techniques of modern fiction, Silverberg convincingly recreates the rituals, politics, gods and history of ancient Sumer. He also shifts the story slightly to the conflict between Gilgamesh and the goddess Inanna, by highlighting the mutual love and the intense rivalry between Gilgamesh and Inanna's high priestess... Silverberg has superbly reworked the ancient myth's into modern narrative form."
-Newsday